The Holocaust Flashcards

1
Q

when did the “Persecution” start

A

1935 when the Nuremberg Laws were passed making it illegal for Jews to do certain things like own a business

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2
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When the war ended in 1945 how many Jews had been killed

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6 million Jews out of the 11 million total people killed in the whole war

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3
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Who was Hitler

A

He started the Nazi Party
Hated Jews
Absolute Dictator

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4
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What was anti semitism

A

hatred or prejudice of Jews

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5
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what was the Aryan race?

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term used to desibre Germans as the suprioer peopel - white skin blond hair blue eyes tall

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6
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What was Hitlers racial belief

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that Germans were racially superior to Jews and Jews must be destroyed

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7
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what 5 groups did Hitler order to be killed

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Jews
Homosexuals
Disabled and mentally ill
Roma
Jehovah Witness

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8
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What was life like for Jews before the Holocaust

A

they were normal citizens with jobs business and houses

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9
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Why did Jews have to wear a yellow star

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to identify them and to make them feel isolated like outcasts

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10
Q

when jews were captured where were they made to live? 3 places

A

ghettos (small walled areas)
other countries
concentration camps

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11
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at the Wannsee conference in 1942 the Nazis made plans for

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The Final Solution

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12
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What was the Final Solution

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Code word for the plan to exterminate all Jews -

was planned at the Wannsee Conference of the Nazi party

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13
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what was the actual result of the Final Solution

A

extermination of 2/3rd of all of europes Jews

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14
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What happened during the Holocaust to try to weaken the Jews - 3 things

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  1. Synagogues burned
  2. Jews into concentraiton camps
  3. Jewish businesses destroyed (“Dont buy from Jews” campaign too)
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15
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what countries did Jews live in before the Holocaust

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mostly Poland and USSR
also Austria France Italy Holland and Romania

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16
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what was kristallnacht

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Night of the Broken Glass
9-10 Nov 1938
Riots across Germany where synogogues and Jewish homes were burned

17
Q

how did the Nazis find jews

A
  • census information where they had to identify themselves
  • reports from neighbours
18
Q

what were the forced labour camps

A

Jews who were storng enough to work had to do heavy work in these camps

19
Q

Genocide means

A

the mass killing of people due to their beliefs or race

20
Q

When the war endded in 1945 how many Jews had been killed

A

6 million Jews out of the 11 million total people killed in the whole war

21
Q

what were the Nuremberg Laws

A

laws introduced in 1935 to take away the rights of Jews and to restrict their political and social life

22
Q

what were the Nuremberg Trials

A

Court trials after the war of Nazi nvolved in the Final Solution (killing of Jews)

23
Q

what was the Holocaust

A

mass slaughter of Jews and other groups regarded as inferior by the Nazis